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Browns owner said few knew about Johnny Manziel’s social life

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said Wednesday that few people in the organization knew about Johnny Manziel’s active social life before the team selected the former Texas A&M quarterback last May.

Manziel’s well-documented social life now could be threatening the quarterback’s NFL career, at least with the Browns.

Haslam’s comments were tweeted by a reporter with the Akron Beacon Journal.

#Browns owner Haslam on drafting Manziel despite red flags: "I don't know how much of Johnny's personal life was known by everybody then."

“We would do what’s necessary to solve the QB situation,” Haslam said at the press conference.

ESPN also reported that Haslam said the team was standing by Manziel.

“I applaud him for raising his hand and saying ‘I need help,'” Haslam said at the press conference. “We’re going to do everything we can to support him. Our primary interest is making sure that he gets well, if you will. Fixes himself.

“However long that takes, we’re going to stand beside him. We hope Johnny can get that straightened out because we feel he’s a really good athlete and can help our team. But the first thing he’s got to do is get himself fixed.”

Haslam said that giving up on the quarterback after one tough season is “way too harsh.”

Manziel checked himself into a treatment center, Jan. 28. The center has not been identified. Manziel’s family also hasn’t said what issues Manziel is dealing with while at the center.

As the NFL combine approaches next week, buzz is starting to build that the Browns are studying whether to select Oregon’s Marcus Mariota, the 2014 Heisman Trophy winner.

Mariota is training for the combine in California with Kevin O’Connell, who is said to be joining Cleveland as the Brown’s quarterback coach. The hire won’t become official until after the combine.

O’Connell works with quarterback guru George Whitfield. Coincidentally, O’Connell also helped trained Manziel for the combine a year ago.

The Browns must be clueless if they didn't know about any player's 'social life'. Johnny Football is a spoiled brat that is very lucky that he didn't get drunk and kill 4 people when he was 16. No wonder the Browns can't win any football games if they don't research their draft picks. Maybe they will pick up Ray Rice now that he is available?

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